To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Country Music Association Awards, the 2016 CMA Awards brought out a seemingly endless parade of country legends and contemporary chart-topping stars to sing a massive medley of country classics.
Vince Gill was the first to take the stage, and he was joined by Ben Haggard, son of late country icon Merle Haggard, to sing the immortal “Mama Tried.” After that, Roy Clark and Brad Paisley paid homage to Buck Owens, who died in 2006.
Over the next few minutes, Carrie Underwood sang “Stand By Your Man,” Charlie Daniels delivered “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” Dwight Yoakam sang “Guitars, Cadillacs,” Charley Pride crooned “Kiss An Angel Good Morning'” and Reba McEntire sang “Fancy” (originally performed by inaugural CMAs host Bobbie Gentry).
But that wasn’t all. There were song segments from Alabama, Ricky Skaggs, Alan Jackson and Clint Black. At the end, they all took the stage together to sing Randy Travis’ “Forever and Ever, Amen.” Travis himself — who suffered a stroke in 2013 — took the stage to massive applause and sang a line of his 1987 classic.
Watch some of it below.
This story originally appeared on Billboard.com.
